This was an odd hike with the Valley Wanderers. Part of the group was hiking up the back side of Lazy Mountain from the Smith Road Trailhead. The other half were hiking up the main steep Lazy Mountain Trail. I invited my friend Katie to come along with us. on the steep regular trail. I started with Bella on her leash, and she insisted on stopping to sniff every tree, blade of grass, rock, everything. So Katie and I fell a little behind the others. I finally got Bella moving but we never caught up with the rest of the group. Katie and I walked at our own pace and really had an enjoyable hike. At the first picnic table we asked some people there if they had seen the rest of our group. They passed on the message that they had decided not to wait for us. Ha ha, that was kind of obvious wasn't it! We kept on and finally met them just below the summit as they were descending. They couldn't have been more than 5 minutes ahead of us. In fact, they didn't even go all the way to the actual summit. The group coming up the other side had met them and turned back right where we found them. Katie and I went on to the top. Katie isn't crazy about the last little sketchy rock climb to the official summit so she waited while I followed Bella up there. I took a 360 degree video from the summit, had a couple snacks and went down with Katie. We took the Southside Trail down, as the others had done, and then took the Morgan Horse Trail for an extra mile or so back to our cars parked at the Lazy Mountain Trailhead. It was a really fun hike and a gorgeous day to be up there. It really didn't matter that we didn't get to socialize with the rest of the group. Sometimes I enjoy hikes with only one other person. I find I get to know my hiking partner much better when not competing with the rest of the group for conversation. I really enjoyed hiking with Katie.
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| Bella's Summit Shot |
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